BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – BIRDS WITH STRIPES, SPOTS OR FRECKLES I’m pretty sure that stripes, spots, or freckles describes almost every bird I see with maybe the exception of the Cardinal — the males, anyway — who are almost entirely… Read More ›
Woodpeckers
ALL CREATURES (MOSTLY SMALL)
CFFC: Nature Animals This is the perfect topic for today. I had an encounter this morning that reminded me that living with wild things changes over time. When once upon a time, they would scurry if I lifted my camera,… Read More ›
RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER
Among the many pictures I downloaded today were almost 300 pictures of a Red-bellied Woodpecker. They were clearly taken on different days. The light was entirely different and the woodpecker was in different places — at least three different locations.
MORE THAN ONE BIRD IN A PHOTO
Bird Weekly Photo Challenge – More than One Bird Species I feel very disadvantaged with the feeders down. Finally, I put up a tray of just black sunflower seeds. There are plenty of bugs and other seeds and blackberries in the… Read More ›
RETURN OF THE PILEATED WOODPECKER
Finally, the whole famdamily was in the living room when the big Pileated Woodpecker dropped by one of our dead trees. Garry had never seen him before, but the big bird stayed around for a while. He is really busy…. Read More ›
COLORFUL BIRDS, COLORFUL NAMES!
BIRD WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: BIRDS WITH COLOR IN THEIR NAME So many to choose from! From the aggravating Brown-headed Cowbird, to the Red-bellied Woodpecker, Goldfinches, Purple Finches, and Bluebirds, color is often the single thing that defines a bird to those… Read More ›
A HAIRY WOODPECKER
We seem to have collected all the big birds who have pushed out all the little birds. I barely see any of the finches or Chipper Sparrows. We see Brown-Headed Cowbirds, Black-Capped Catbirds, Blue Jays and the larger woodpeckers, the… Read More ›
LURKING COWBIRDS
Two summers ago, we had a lot of visiting cowbirds, but last summer, we barely saw a single one. This year, though, they have shown up in force. They have become possessive, territorial, and aggressive to all the other birds…. Read More ›
CMMC – MARCH USING CH & CK
CMMC – March Alphabet Letters Ch or Ck in the the word How about three orchids, a Pileated Woodpecker, the Blackstone River and canal, a Black-Backed Gull and the mighty Chickadee?
IT WAS A WOODPECKING DAY WITH A HINT OF SQUIRREL
At the gathering of the woodpeckers, a lady Cardinal dropped by. She seemed unfazed by the larger, long beaked birds. She just ate her seeds and ignored the big, rather flashy Hairy Woodpecker — who was, after all, a girl… Read More ›
THE FEEDERS ARE INSIDE
I thought that simply moving the feeders down to the deck would discourage the flying squirrels from eating all of it every night. I figured that since they are gliders, not real flyers like birds, they wouldn’t make it all… Read More ›
BIRDS OF SPRING IN NEW ENGLAND
They aren’t all here yet, but they are on the way. We have the Bluebirds and most of the Juncos have moved on. Not all. There are a few left, but they are migrating north, a few at a time…. Read More ›
